Adding text to image help please

[Avss]

Hi

Im trying to add text to an image in paint shop pro,

now i can add the text fine but the text itself when applied to the image is transparent, what am i doing wrong?

[eastwest]

Hi,

Check your image extensions before saving them, there may be some problem. Kindly save it in bmp, jpg format or add a background layer on image’s master file. For more help with professional designers, visit Servana.com (my signature).

[JomtienCafe]

Choose a color before adding your text....................

[jilyv]

hello,
We will need two files. The first file will create the validation image and incorporate the image in a validation form. Here is the step-by-step code for the first file: verify.php

---BEGINNING OF FILE: VERIFY.PHP---

< ?php

// Create an image where width=200 pixels and height=40 pixels

$val_img = imagecreate(200, 40);

// Allocate 2 colors to the image

$white = imagecolorallocate($val_img, 255, 255, 255);

$black = imagecolorallocate($val_img, 0, 0, 0);

// Create a seed to generate a random number

srand((double)microtime()*1000000);

// Run the random number seed through the MD5 function

$seed_string = md5(rand(0,9999));

// Chop the random string down to 5 characters

// This is the validation code we will use

$val_string = substr($seed_string, 17, 5);

// Set the background of the image to black

imagefill($val_img, 0, 0, $black);

// Print the validation code on the image in white

imagestring($val_img, 4, 96, 19, $val_string, $white);

// Write the image file to the current directory

imagejpeg($val_img, "verify.jpg");

imagedestroy($val_img);

? >

< !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"

"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd" >

< html >

< head >

< meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" >

< title >Image Verification< /title >

< /head >

< body >

< img src="verify.jpg" height="40" width="200" alt="validation image" / >

< br / >< br / >Type in the validation code from the image. (case sensitive)

< form action="validateform.php" method="post" >

< input name="random" type="text" value="" >

< input type="submit" >

< !-- The validation code will be posted from a hidden form element -- >

< input name="validation" type="hidden" value="< ?php echo $val_string ? >" >

< /form >

< /body >

< /html >

---END OF FILE: VERIFY.PHP---

Now we will create a file that will perform the validation using the POST method:

---BEGINNING OF FILE: VALIDATEFORM.PHP---

< ?php

if ($_POST['validation'] == trim($_POST['random'])){

echo "You are validated";

}

else{

echo "Please go back and get validated.";

}

? >

---END OF FILE: VALIDATEFORM.PHP---

Thanks.